Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Last June, Faith C. was
fed up with being tied down with oxygen tanks and wanted oxygen equipment that
would allow him to be more mobile. He discovered Open-Aire and decided
to get a new portable oxygen concentrator. A few months
later it would turn out to be a fortunate decision for him.

Early this winter, Faith’s
wife was in a serious car accident while she was travelling through Texas. She was
transported from one hospital to another, and eventually ended up in Amarillo. However, the
couple’s home was in Kansas,
and that’s where Faith was when he got the news. Over 500 miles away! But Faith
needed to be at his wife’s side, and his portable concentrator made that possible. By plugging it
into his car’s cigarette lighter, he was able to keep it powered for the entire
drive.

Faith’s wife had to stay in
the ICU for 10 days, and she spent an additional week in recovery before she
was able to return home with him. During that time Faith drove back and forth
from Kansas
six times, using his portable concentrator the entire time. “Can you imagine
how many oxygen tanks I would have been needed for those drives?”
says Faith. “I could not have done it without my portable oxygen
concentrator. It would have been impossible.” We wish them both well
during her continued recovery.